More small business casualties as big-box retail moves in... (New York: 2015, leases)
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7-11 is one of the worst over-priced stores i have been to. everything there is actually more money than a corner bodega. at least if it had great low prices to help people out, that would be something but this place does nothing for the community.
^ you know what he means. 7-11 is a national chain and they certainly don't need you speaking up for them.
It's like animal rights activists calling for the protection of rats. Like rats/roaches/weeds, the chains will spread and take over whether you like it or not.
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There's difference. If a big box moves in, it's shear size can push out other businesses because it takes over what would have been multiple storefronts on a given block. So the locals have to compete with a physically bigger store where there are now less spaces available. 7-11 doesn't do this. They're ususally the same one storefront wide as the locals. So, essentially, they're just another bodega, but his one being a national franchise.
Oh, and since they're a franchise, and not a chain, they're as locally owned as the other bodegas. They just have national branding.
We need better sources of goods and services. It doesn't matter who provides that.
I have some business that takes me out to NJ on a regular basis. There's a Walmart near where I'm working, and I shop at it now occasionally. They should be building these all over NYC. It's eons better than all the POS little bodegas and supermarkets in most of the city.
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Originally Posted by Warszawa
Less chains and more small businesses is what we need. It's all about that entrepreneurship
Oh, and since they're a franchise, and not a chain, they're as locally owned as the other bodegas. They just have national branding.
Completely not true... the owner of the franchise for all you know owns 100+ other stores all in other cities and states. Not saying that's the situation but just because it's a franchise doesn't mean it's locally owned.
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